I wouldn't have thought of that approach, but it works great. I think I will set it up so the snowball breaks apart and only a fraction of its mass sticks with the football. FUN project and great idea, glad you shared!
Apologies if you mentioned this, I haven't finished the video yet. I saw this video of Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining how a field goal kick was aided by the Coriolis force. Would be really cool to model and fits in with your Classical Mechanics stuff. Here's a link: ua-cam.com/users/shortslljHyLA8SaE
I've done that calculation before - the effect is tiny and not really important. Here's that older post (from 2014) - most of the equations are borked from internet rot though www.wired.com/2014/02/coriolis-force-kicked-football/
I wouldn't have thought of that approach, but it works great. I think I will set it up so the snowball breaks apart and only a fraction of its mass sticks with the football. FUN project and great idea, glad you shared!
That would be more realístico but also more challenging
So cool
Apologies if you mentioned this, I haven't finished the video yet. I saw this video of Neil deGrasse Tyson explaining how a field goal kick was aided by the Coriolis force. Would be really cool to model and fits in with your Classical Mechanics stuff. Here's a link: ua-cam.com/users/shortslljHyLA8SaE
I've done that calculation before - the effect is tiny and not really important. Here's that older post (from 2014) - most of the equations are borked from internet rot though
www.wired.com/2014/02/coriolis-force-kicked-football/